A case report of embolized umbilical venous catheter retrieval from the heart via femoral access in 660 g premature neonate

An extremely premature infant born at a gestational age 24 5/7 and birth weight of 637 g was found to have retained a distal segment of an umbilical venous catheter (UVC) on chest radiograph after removal of the UVC. The catheter was retrieved by interventional radiology on day 10 of life when the b...

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Main Authors: Jaimin Patel, MD, MSMI, Sumana Ramarao, MD, Jagdish Desai, MD, Renate Savich, MD, Akash Patel, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043319302912